# Cooperation with competent authorities — AI Act — context bundle > Focused context for a single provision, curated from overview.legal on 2026-08-22. Canonical page: https://overview.legal/laws/ai-act/art-21 > Every item cites its source. Verify against the official text (EUR-Lex / wetten.overheid.nl) before relying on it. ## Provision ### Cooperation with competent authorities — Cooperation with competent authorities *AI Act, aiact-art-21-en — https://overview.legal/laws/ai-act/art-21* 1. Providers of high-risk AI systems shall, upon a reasoned request by a competent authority, provide that authority all the information and documentation necessary to demonstrate the conformity of the high-risk AI system with the requirements set out in Section 2, in a language which can be easily understood by the authority in one of the official languages of the institutions of the Union as indicated by the Member State concerned. 2. Upon a reasoned request by a competent authority, providers shall also give the requesting competent authority, as applicable, access to the automatically generated logs of the high-risk AI system referred to in Article 12(1), to the extent such logs are under their control. 3. Any information obtained by a competent authority pursuant to this Article shall be treated in accordance with the confidentiality obligations set out in Article 78. ## Guidance ### EDPB Work Programme 2026-2027 *EDPB — https://overview.legal/posts/125689* EDPB Work Programme 2026–2027 Adopted on 11 February 2026 EDPB Work Programme 2026-2027 2 The European Data Protection Board The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) is an independent European body established by the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The EDPB has the following main tasks: • Issuing opinions, guidelines, recommendations and best practices to promote a common understanding of the GDPR and the Law Enforcement Directive (LED); • Advising the European Commission on any… ### EDPB-EDPS Joint opinion 1/2026 on the Proposal for a Regulation as regards the simplification of the implementation of harmonised rules on artificial intelligence *EDPB — https://overview.legal/posts/53738* EDPB, EDPB-EDPS Joint opinion 1/2026 on the Proposal for a Regulation as regards the simplification of the implementation of harmonised rules on artificial intelligence (Digital Omnibus on AI) ### EDPB Annual Report 2024 *EDPB — https://overview.legal/posts/50818* De EDPB heeft het Jaarraport van 2024 gepubliceerd. Met ook een handzame samenvatting voor degene die geen tijd hebben. Er wordt ook een lijst met zaken van enkele DPAs uitgekozen, waaruit ook het volgende tabelletje met cijfers kan worden gedestilleerd. ↓ (dit leest het beste op de website, mind... ### Report on the use of SPE external experts in 2024 *EDPB — https://overview.legal/posts/50659* European Data Protection Board, Report on the use of SPE external experts in 2024, 2025. ### Statement 6/2024 on the Second Report on the Application of the General Data Protection Regulation - Fostering Cross-Regulatory Consistency and Cooperation *EDPB — https://overview.legal/posts/125698* 1 Statement 6/2024 on the Second Report on the Application of the General Data Protection Regulation - Fostering Cross - Regulatory Consistency and Cooperation Adopted on 3 December 2024 Executive summary The European Data Protection Board welcomes the reports from the European Commission and the Fundamental Rights Agency and takes this opportunity to confirm several ongoing initiatives which would help address some recommendations on cooperation under the GDPR, the future R egulation laying… ## Related topics - **Authority Cooperation** — https://overview.legal/topics/cooperation-with-authorities-ai ## Legal Framework --- Generated by overview.legal · https://overview.legal/laws/ai-act/art-21 · 2026-08-22